Section-closer and foundation-fastener for honey-sections



P. T. ILLIG.

SECTION CLOSER AND FOUNDATION FASTENER FOR HONEY SECTIONS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-7,1918.

1,354, 1 07, PatentedSept. 28, 1920.

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P. T. ILLIG. SECTEON CLOSER AND FOUNDATION FASTENER FOR HONEY SECTIONS.

\ APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7. 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL T. I LLIG, F EBENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28-, 1920.

Application filed November 7, 1918. Serial No. 261,494.

7 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, PAUL T. ILLIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ebens burg, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Section-Closers and F oundation-F asteners for Honey-Sections, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for closing honey sections and simultaneously fastening the wax foundation to one side of the honey section and also cut the section of the foundation which is attached to the honey section free from the sheet of wax.

An object of this invention is to provide a device as specified which is comparatively simple in construction, and includes a pivoted lever which moves the pressure plate that connects the free end of the honey section and which pressure plate is adjustable to adapt it for use upon sections of various sizes; and also to provide a spring which is connected to the said lever for returning it to its normal or upper positionafter it has been moved downwardly for pressing together the ends of the honey section. I

A further object of this invention is to connect a foundation pressing stone to said pressure plate for pressing a wax founda tion against one side of the honey section and to adjustably connect a knife to said stone for cutting the section of foundation attached to the honey section free from the foundation or wax strip or sheet.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification and in which drawings: I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sec- -tion closer and foundation fastener for honey sections. Fig.2 is a vertical section through the section closer and foundation fastener for honey sections.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the device taken at right angles to the section illustrated in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary front elevation of the device, and

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the relation of the free ends of the honey section to the closer construction, prior to 5 the closing of the honey section.

I Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a supporting structure of the improved device, which has upstanding sides 2 upon the lower edges of which are formed horizontal ears 3 adapted for attachment toa support rt. The top 5 of the supporting structure 1 is longer than the sides 2, forming a table for supporting a sheet 6 of wax of which the foundation for the honey comb is made in the honey section 7.

The plate 8 extends slidably through an opening or slot in the table 5 and is provided with tongues 9 upon its edges near its lower end which ride in slots 10 formed in the sides 2. Right angularly bent ears or tongues 11 are also formed upon the plate 8 and engage against the inner surfaces of the sides 2. The upper end 12 of the plate 8 is bent into a horizontal position and has the section 13 of the pressure plate structure rigidly connected thereto and the section 14 of the pressure plate structure adjustably connected thereto and held in adjusted position by means of a wing nut 15.

The downturned end portions 16 of the pressure plate sections 13 and 14 angle out-v wardly as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings for proper engagement with the upper corners of the honey section 7 when pressing the mortised ends of the sec tion together as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The table 5 is provided with an opening 18 to permit the insertion of the lower side of the honey section 7 therethrough for insuring the proper positioning of the honey section in the device. A plate 19 is supported. directly beneath the opening 18 and forms a support for the honey section 7.

A hand lever 20 is pivotally connected, as shown at 21 to one of the sides 2 of the supporting structure 1 and isc onnected by means of a slot and pin connection shown at 22 to the plate 8 for moving this plate vertically. The lever 20 has a handle 23 upon its outer end and a rope or flexible member 24: is connected to the lever, near said hand grip 23 and has its lower end connected to a foot treadle 25 which may be attached, bv means of an attaching hinge 26 'into any suitable permanent support and which permits of the downward movement of the lever 20 by foot pressure if desired. A helical spring 27 is connected to the lever 20 and to the supporting structure 1 for returning the lever to its normal position or moving it upwardly after it has been manually depressed.

he plate tached thereto to which "is detachably connecteda soap stone 29. The angled bracket or plate QS is adjustably connected to the p at '8 t permi limited vertical adju tment of thesoap stone fi9. The'soap stone 29 is adapted to press a portion of the sheet 6 of wax against the inner surface of the' lower side of the honey section 7 for attaching the comb foundation thereto. A knife structure 30 is adjustably carried by the pressure stone 29, comprising a plate 31 which has its lower edge sharpened and which has a pair of angularly disposed arms 32' formed upon its end. The arms 32 are provided with slots which receive screws indicated at 33 for permitting of adjustment/of the blade 31 toward or away from the outer edge of the stone 29 to regulate the-width of the comb foundation attached to the honey section 7.

A supporting bracket 34 is carried by the sides Q'beneath the'table 5 and this bracket isadapte'd to support a lamp 35 of any approvedconstruction to permit the heating of the table 5 and consequently the heating of the sheet 6 of wax, to cause the wax to adhere to the inner surface of the lower side of the honey section 7 If it is so desired, a socket 36 may be carried by the bracket 34 for supporting the lamp In operation, the honey section 7 which is ordinarily formed in a continuous strip, havingits free ends mortised, is placed so that the lower side will extend through the opening 18 and rest upon the plate 19 after which the sheet 6 of wax is moved inwardly to position the innermost portion thereof in engagement with the 'upper or inner surface of the lower side of the honey section and the lever 20 is then forced" downwardly which moves the pressure plate sections 13 and 14 into engagement with the top side of the honey'section, forcing the mortises of one of the free ends of the honey section between the mortises' of the other one, and consequently connecting the said end for forming Ithe honey section. Simultaneously withthe connecting of the free;

ends [of the honey section, the stone 29 is forced into pressing engagement with the sheet 16 of wax, causing the same, which is slightly soft owing to being heated by contact with thetable 5 to adheretothe honey section. The knife 81 moves downwardly synchronously with the movement of the stone 29' and cuts the portion of the wax or comb .foundation which is attached to the honey section free from the sheet, thus when the spring 2-7 returns the lever 20 to its normal position the completed honey section may be removed.

Changes in. details may he made Without 8 has an angled p1ate'28 313-.

departing from the spirit of this invention,

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I claim: 7

1. Ina honey section former and founda tion press, the supporting structure including atable having a slot therein, a plate sli d ably extending through said table slot, a honey section pressure plate carried by the upper end of said slidable plate and adapted to be moved in pressing engagement with a honey section, and a lever 'pivotally carried by said supporting structure and connected to saidsliding plate for operating the same.

2. In a honey section former and foundation press, a supporting structure including a table, a plate' slidably extending through said table, a honey section pressure plate carried by the upper end of said slidahle plate and adapted to be moved-in pressing engagement with a honey sectionya lever pivotally carried by said supporting structure and connected to said sliding plate for operating the same, and means carried by said plate for affixing a comb foundation to said honey sect-ion during the forming thereof.

3. In a honey section former and foundation press, a supporting structure including a table, a plate slidably extending through said table, a honey section pressure plate carried by the upper end of said slidable plate and adapted to be moved in pressing engagement with a honey section, a lever pivotally carried by said supporting structure and connected to said sliding plate for operating the same, and means carried by said plate for affixing a comb foundation to said honey section during-the forming thereof, and means carried by said foundation affixing means for cutting th omb foundation to propel size.

4. In a honey sec ion fo mer and foundation press, the combination of, means for forming a honey section, means for affixing a comb foundation to said honey section, means for cutting the co b foundat on to proper size, and means for synchronou ly operating said'forming, affixing and cutting means.

5. In a honey section formerand foundation press, the combination of means for forming a honey section comprising a slidable plate ha ng a angled po tion on one end, apressure plate rigid y co ed o said angled portion, a second pressure plate adiustably connected to said a gled portion nd m ans f mo i g said lidablo pee, said pressure plates having their outer ends angling outwardy and d w w rd y o guiding engagement with portions of a honey section- .6. In a ho ey se ion former nd foundaion pres the combination o section fo mg means, a om founda ion, plowing stone for afiixing a comb foundatipn to a honey section, and an adjustable knife carried by said stone adapted to sever the Wax formation.

7. In a honey section former and foundation press, a supporting structure including a table provided with an opening adapted to receive therethrough one side of a honey section, a supporting plate carried by said supporting structure beneath said opening and adapted to support the inner surface of one side of a honey section flush with the upper surface of said table, a honey section pressure plate carried by said supporting structure and means for operating said pressure plate.

8. In a honey section former and foundation press, a supporting structure including a table provided with an opening adapted to receive therethrough one side of a honey section, a supporting plate carried by said supporting structure beneath said opening and adapted to support the inner surface of one side of a honey section flush with the upper surface of said table, a honey section pressure plate carried by said supporting structure, means for operating said pressure plate, said table adapted to support a sheet of comb foundation forming wax, means operable synchronously with the operation of said pressure plate for aflixing a comb foundation to a honey section, and means for cutting the comb foundation to proper size carried by said afiixing means.

9. In a honey section former and foundation press, a supporting structure including a table provided with an opening adapted to receive therethrough one side of a honey section, a supporting plate carried by said supporting structure beneath said opening and adapted to support the inner surface of one side of a honey section flush with the upper surface of said table, a honey section pressure plate carried by said supporting structure, means for operating said pressure plate, said table adapted to support a sheet of comb foundation forming wax, means operable synchronously with the operation of said pressure plate for aflixing a comb foundation to a honey section, means for cutting the comb foundation to proper size carried by said afiixing means, a bracket supported beneath said table and adapted to support means for heating the table and the foundation forming wax thereon.

10. in honey section former and founda tion press, a supporting structure including a table, a plate slidably extending through said table, said table provided with an opening adapted to receive one side of a honey section, a supporting plate supported beneath said opening and adapted to support the honey section so that the inner face of the lower side of the honey section will lie flush with the top of said table, a pressure plate carried by the upper end of said slidable plate and adapted to be moved into pressing engagement with the honey section, a lever pivotally carried by the supporting structure and connected to said sliding plate for operating the same, an angled bracket adjustably carried by said slidable plate, and a comb foundation pressing stone carried by said angled bracket.

11. In a honey section former and foundation press, a supporting structure including a table, a plate slidably extending through said table, said table provided with an opening adapted to receive one side of a honey section, a supporting plate supported beneath said opening and adapted to support the honey section so that the inner face of the lower side of the honey section will lie flush with the top of said table, a pressure plate carried by the upper end of said slidable plate, and adapted to be moved into pressing engagement with the honey section, a lever pivotally carried by the supporting structure and connected to said slidable plate for operating the same, an angled bracket adjustably carried by said slidable plate, a comb foundation pressing stone car ried by said angled bracket, a knife adjustably carried by said stone for adjustment toward or from the stone.

12. In a honey section former and foundation press, a supporting structure including a table, a plate slidably extending through said table, said table provided with an opening adapted to receive one side of a honey section, a supporting plate supported beneath said opening and adapted to support the honey section so that the inner face of the lower side of the honey section will. lie flush with the top of said table, pressure plate carried by the upper end of said slidable plate and adapted to be moved into pressing engagement with the honey section, a lever pivotally carried by the supporting structure and connected to said sliding plate for operating the same, an angled bracket adjustably carried by said slidable plate, a comb foundation pressing stone carried by said angled brac zet, a knife adjustably carried by said stone for adjustment toward or from the stone, and means connected to said lever to return it to its normal position after operation thereof.

PAUL T. ILLIG. 

